The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-15
THE OLD And NEW BLENDED.
sf>,;r FACTS ABOUT TEE OLD
TOWN OF FAN ETTENTII|.
Y.y yttienccs Showing that the Cid Time
Prosperity = Slowly Isut Surely Conn
Tag Flaci1--Personal>, &c.
I Editorial Correspondent

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| der the old condition of things, before the
| railroads were built, Fayetteville possessed
! every natural advantage 1t was town
/ of some seven thousand inhabitants 1t
! had four cotton factories within the cor
| porate limits. afforlling employment to six
! or seven hundred operatives There were
! few paupers hare ~ those days, because
! there was ,iAp,o yincnt for ali, and of
; course the slaves We're cared for by their
! owners after they became old or incapaci
| tated for work Tie United States arse
| nal, located here. Was beautiful collec-
! !on oi buildings cfoWning the heights
/ above the town, and in Confederate times
| greatly enlarged and made an arsenal of
| c',nst ruction, the extensive works of the
| Harper's Ferry arsenal being moved to it.
! Il was plentifuliy supplied with bitumi-
| nous coal from Egypt and fine pig iron
/ from ore Hill, both IN Chatham county,
I i,,y on the {. T. IL y. V. r. r.
+ In . day this magnificent plant, worth
! millions of dollars, was destroyed by Sher-
man, Notwithstanding the fact that he had
ton and the whole property was absolute
! j. safe us he property of the United States.
! The cotton factorie.; were also DESTROYED
aud have never been rebult within the
o'd corporate limits. Much ether valuable
p:opertv vf~ hen destroyed, Indee the
i ltldali>in oi tl.t, obstruction was only sur
,,.,,o; ~ the burning of Columbia. This
! Il town bore the reputation OF being one
/ of the rebel strong holds and no mercy
was shown ii by tie yindicjiye couqueror
/ 40 place. III North Carolina was so seri-
ou7lv injuled by the war as Fayetteville.
'lhe burning OF It's cotton factories most
di>t,trouslv affected it. chiefly because its
~ ~.>rt hundred operatives had TO
make tI,.j, homes il, other places TO obtain
..l..:o,r,ut. The greatest wealth to a
,,t.,.p +, itre{ligent and Industrious men
as.d women. It is .ot 4 ~l.r;.; Isl shat Fay
ert.XlIie ijt! not earlier these losses
| The surnrise is that the town has shown as
r.u..t,kahle recunerative Lowers as have
marked lis course in the past few yeats.
E.f,r4 The bniIdinp Of the North Caro-
| lima railroad Fayetteville was the distrib-
utiag point for merchandise for the whole
STATE, west antl northwest of here. Heavy
Goods came uf4the river from Wilmington
and were wa..ontd even 10 Raleigh. and
as far as ASha county. North Carolina. aud
1rIayson county. Virginia. heard Judge
NcRae say hat when he was a boy he
prime fal on the table was Gray son
butter 1t wa, brought overland in wag-
on, from Grayson county. Nirginia. In
thos. I.,,s hundreds Of WAGONS verp CON
stantly coming aud departing. bringing
all the produce Of the middle and western
counties and carving back the merchan-
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Now about the Fayetteville Of 10 day.
Its peoDle do moi sit bowed down. brood
jpr over their losses and misfortunes
They have turned their faces 10 the morn
ing ana to The bright future which is al
ready dawning upon the place. The peo-
ple retain thri. love Of hospitality and
the town is ,-gi>eu" 10 it. Nowhere
have | seen peonla who entertain NOR.
delightfully."-. They make a man feel al
home" 1t is an easy matter to invite s
friend to dine and to give him a good din
ner, but 10 add the iudescribablc wei